1918.] 



A(;k|( ULTURAI. LAWS. 145 



Sec. 6. Tho branding or marking of barrels under the provisions 

 of this act shall be in block letters and figures of a size not less than 

 one-half inch in height. 



Sec. 7. It shall be unlawjul l(jr any person io pack, sell, distribute 

 or olTcr or expose for sale or distribution apples which are adulterated 

 or misbranded within the meaning of this act. 



Sec. 8. I'^or the purposes of this act, apples packed In a closed 

 package shall ho deemed to be adulterated if their measure, quality 

 or grade does not conform in every i)articular to the brand or mark 

 upon or affixed to the package, or if the faced or shown surface gives 

 a false representation of the contents of the package. 



Sec. 9. I'^or the purposes of this act apples packed in a closed 

 package shall be deemed to be misbranded: (1) If the package is 

 packed or repacked in the state and fails to bear all statements re- 

 quired by sections two, three, four and five, and in accordance with the 

 provisions of section six of this act; (2) if the package, whether 

 packed or repacked within or without the state, is falsely branded, or 

 bears any statement, design or device, regarding the apples contained 

 therein, which is false or misleading or if the package bears any state- 

 ment, design or device indicating that the apples contained therein are 

 of a specified standard grade, and said apples, when packed or repacked, 

 do not conform to the requirements prescribed by the provisions of this 

 act for such grade. 



Sec. 10. Apples which have been in cold storage and sold for de- 

 livery outside the state shall not be sold or distributed, or offered or 

 exposed for sale or distribution in closed packages until they have 

 been inspected in accordance with rules and regulations to be pre- 

 scribed by the dairy and food commissioner or by his authorized 

 agent. 



Sec. 11. Any person who adulterates or misbrands apples within 

 the meaning of this act, or who packs, repacks, sells, distributes or 

 offers or exposes for sale or distribution apples in violation of any 

 provision of this act, or who wilfully alters, effaces or removes or 

 causes to be altered, effaced or removed, wholly or partly, any brands 

 or marks required to be put upon a closed package under the provi- 

 sions of this act, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for the first 

 offense and not more than two hundred dollars for each subsequent 

 offense. 



Sec. 12. Xo person who sells or distributes or offers or exposes for 

 sale or distribution apples adulterated or misbranded within the mean- 

 ing of this act shall be deemed to have violated any of the provisions 

 of this act, if it shall appear that he acted in good faith solely as a dis- 

 tributor, or if he shall furnish a guaranty signed by the person from 

 whom he received the apples, with the address of such person, that the 

 apples are not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this 

 act. In such cases the person from whom the distributor received the 

 apples shall be liable for the acts of the distributor who relied upon 

 his guaranty to the same extent as the distributor would have been 

 liable under the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 1'3. The word "person" as used in this act shall include 

 persons, firms, corporations, societies and associations, and the acts 

 of agents and employees shall be construed to be the acts of their 

 principals and employers as well as of the agents and employees. 

 The words "closed package" shall mean a barrel, box or other con- 

 tainer the contents of which cannot be sufficiently seen for the purposes 

 of inspection without opening the container. 



Sec. 14. Sections 4791, 4792 and 4793 of the general statutes are 

 repealed. 



